PFL 4: 2023 Regular Season: Overtime Elite Arena; Atlanta, Georgia It’s the reason that fights happen, and not just judge things on paper. Every once in a while you get an upset that puts the sport on its ear. And thanks to a solid gameplan by Jesus Pinedo there will be a different fighter this […]
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UFC Vegas 74: UFC Apex; Las Vegas Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. There’s nothing that should be taken away from Amir Albazi, but the final decision against Kai KaraFrance doesn’t exactly pass the eye test. Amir Albazi steals a victory with a split decision 48-47 across all three-scorecards. Kara-France used his rights […]
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Top Rank Boxing: MGM Grand Garden Arena; Las Vegas Although he chose not to verbally show his displeasure immediately post-fight; you know what was on Vasiliy Lomachenko‘s mind. And will it be the last time he faces Devin Haney? Probably not. At least you should hope not. Because of how good it turned out. But […]
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UFC Charlotte: Spectrum Center; North Carolina When meteors streak, there really isn’t anything that you can do to stop them. And right now in the UFC heavyweight division there’s a fierce one from Brazil. Jailton Almeida is red hot and is a throwback to some old-timers. On the back of Jailton Almeida‘s ground game he […]
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Bellator 296: Accor Arena; Paris, France Thanks to a totally controlling fight in every aspect, Fabian Edwards gets his shot at a history making move. And speaking of history, Gegard Mousasi for the first-time in his illustrious career drops back-to-back fights. The 30-year old Fabian Edwards now has a modest three-fight win streak. And when […]
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UFC 288: Prudential Center; Newark, New Jersey In the history of the UFC there has been a plethora of great fighters at 135. But maybe Aljamain Sterling is as good as he says he is. After defeating “Triple C” Henry Cejudo and possibly sending him back into retirement, he continues to do things others haven’t. […]
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T-Mobile Arena: Las Vegas So there’s a population of the boxing world that now calls Gervonta Davis the face of the sport of boxing. But is Tank Davis really the face, or just another body part… like an ear or eye. But when Jim Gray asked him after a left body shot to the liver […]
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UFC Vegas 71: UFC Apex; Las Vegas The UFC Heavyweight division is alive and well right now. And with another first round finish for the 30-year old Russian Sergei Pavlovich his sights are locked onto a shot for UFC Gold. The pinpoint and volume strikes were too much for Curtis Blaydes, falling at the 3:08 […]
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Bellator 294: Neil S. Blaisdell Center; Honolulu, Hawaii For the second-time fighting Liz Carmouche, DeAnna Bennett missed weight, and this time it also cost her a shot at the flyweight strap. And had “Vitamin D” become victorious it would have hurt even more to not grab the belt. But easily being behind on the cards […]
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Copper Box Arena: London, England In his backyard, Joe Joyce looked to defend his WBO Interim Heavyweight strap, and to keep his perfect record going. However, Zhilei Zhang enters the next tier in the division thanks to a good doctor stoppage. Thanks to a powerful pinpoint left hand that shut “The Juggernaut’s” right eye 1:23 […]
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PFL 3 2023 Regular Season: The Theater At Virgin Hotels; Las Vegas One of the things they say in sports is: “winning ugly is still winning”. And for the Professional Fighters League lightweight defending champion, Olivier-AubinMercier; “ugly” was the perfect game plan. The former UFC fighter Shane Burgos has always been dangerous until the final […]
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UFC 287: Kaseya Center; Miami, Florida Sometimes in athletics two- people are just the perfect foil for one another. And that can also change on a dime. A come from behind win, snatching a loss from the hands of victory. Both Israel Adesanya and Alex Pereira doing their thing for the fourth-time overall. While the […]
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PFL 2: 2023 Regular Season: The Theater At Virgin Hotels, Las Vegas There’s been some changes in the Professional Fighters League as far as the women go. There’s no Kayla Harrison to deal with in the division. And the division is now ten-pounds lighter. The being said, their defending champ keeps her streak going. As […]
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PFL 1 2023 Regular Season, Season 5: The Theater At Virgin Hotels; Las Vegas They say in combat sports when you become champion, you automatically become 30% better. If that’s true the PFL may have some back-to-back champions at the end of the year. Week one saw both last years champions Rob Wilkinson and Brendan […]
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